Linotype-machine.



APPLIOATION TILED MAR. 2, 1907.

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No. 852,822. l PATENTBD MAY v. 1907.

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LINOTYPE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED ma. 2, 1907.

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v20 is suspended in the in WALTER SCOR, OF BROKLYN, NW YRK, ASSGNOR TO MERGENTLLEH LINOTYPJ COMPANY, .si CORPGXATGN QF .NEW YURK.

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A Specification of letters Patent.

ate'nted Mey 7, 1997,

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To (L/Z when it snc/y conceive:

.Be it lmowo that i, llifAL'iEn S. Cos, of Brooklyn, county' of Kings, anni State New York, have invented s. new' enti useful ini.-

'5 piovement in Linotype' liines, ci which .the foliowing is e speciiicstion. l

My inerention4 has feier-ence to linotjvpe machines of tlie ciieectei represented in Let-- ters a-tent of the United States No. 436,532

i and iles iefeience peitiimlii'ly to tte ento-A metic devices, eonfiieocy known as tripping devices, 'ici throwing the l -out of ecton in tile event ci the stele" veto@` ieiiing to iowei' the composee line oi? i5 metrices'to' the piopeipssition in iiont oi the vtremiti. f lill this ciess oi" niecliines the coi'eposed line lof matrices, conteining tile characters which Aere to 'appeal' on one piinting sing; or linetype, ievetoi', so celleend .by this elevsitc" icwei'ed to tile casting osition iiiet iv in iront of the loiizontol, siottefi incid.

The mold mounted .in o verticsi disk, rotinted intermittingly to ceiiy tlie'conteined slugfrorn tile horizontal casting osition, to the veiticel ejecting position. The mold disk has s. lioiizontel o1' 'fece-wise movement to and from the matrix line, .in order t0 withdrew the type clisrecteis on the sino; 'I'ozn. the matrices, prei'ieistoiy to the rote,- tion of the (lisis The clutch contioliin de Vices include, et the iifont oi the machine, on uprig t movebie both vertically sind liorizontally. fl/'lien the iiisteelevetor descends to the ropei position it pushes this loer down to suc siy point that the incid-disk and mold may advance to the casting position without aiecting the bei' o1 ciutcli-tiie letter being' 4o held normally in action by c. spring. if, however, the .rst-elevstoi' teils to descend s. sufficient distance to properly locate the `matriccs tile bei is leit in en. elevated iosi- .tion and so that it will lie acted upon, end moved by, the advancing mold, the lem: thus moved acting in turn to throw the clutch out of fiction and arrest the movement oi the Casting mechanism.

In the machine of the oifiginel potent there Snwas one in old only in the disk, but in modern machines it is e. common prscticc to provide the disk with twoA o1' three-moles ci: fliicient sizes, any one of Wliiclimey lie lil-ought into action it will. l in suoli cese it Will sometimes mold will be in position to stop the machine-- e, yesult which is not desired.

pi'escnt invention is designed to overcome this diiiiculty, and consists in. ineens to prevent tlie clutch tripping devices ifi-oni ecting. wnen the first-elevetor is i'eised.

in tlie accompanying drawings i neve shown my invention lied to commercial linotype "ieoliine oi' tlie present dey, the parts l eilig zill'oi' the oi'dinoiy const-suction, except es to the sete/ty devices hereinafter described. l

Referring to tile drew-ings lfiguie i is s. perspective view' lookingl against the i'iont fece oi the mold-dist: enel i'nolfls, Witli tile iisi'felcvstoi and adjacent ports in veiticsi section.

Fig. 2 is side clevetion el tlic parts shown in Fi l, the mold-disk end. certain other portions beine shown in vertical Section. Fig. 3 is e perspective view .looking item tlie ics' end showing the ty devices incl their connection Wi tli tile cli.. yli.

lteiei'iing to the drawings; A represents the rigid freine Work ci tl'ic inscliine, B tile vertical disk, having o series ol slotted molds, C secured tliciein, this nlisli being mounted to iotste inteiinittingly on e centiel exis or support, D, which `is inovfble horizontally forward. and backward to csi'fy the molds against the line of matrices, E, which is suspended temporarily in the lotte/(l upper end of the iist elevator, i5, guided to move upward. smi downward. in

the mein-inicie, for the purpose oi' lowering the nictiices from the elevated position shown in Fig. 2 to the costing' level, i''ont of tlist mold which is foi tlie time lacing in use, shown in Fig. l.

G is the automatic clutch controlling oi' tripping bei', having its lippe? engl mounted to slide veiticelly in the main-{Temi} snol its iowei end mounted to swing 'forward and. beslis/escl to e limited extent. This bei, G, is Liiggedv constantly upward by e spring, li, and et its lowei: end it bears against one emiL of s iover, l, centrally pivote/l in the mein.M frame. The lever .l beers et the lopposite end e sliding' lier, J. This bei, ii, is in turn connected et its reci end to en u liow level', L, Wliicliccntiols 'the norm y engaged mein driving clut'cli, M, irons which motion is communicated to the entire costing IOS lso that it emniot mechanism. i The arrangement .is snob that when the lover end or' the bar, G is pushed forward in the inenner oxpleined beiow it Will throw the einteh. ont ol'Y notion and. stop the casting mechanism.

N reiresents e horizontal slide mounted in the mein-freine between the meid-disk and the clutch eontrolling ber, G, which hitter is provided with fo or shoulder,

In the norrnei position4 of the i'ie'rts the bar G is rinsed .so that its nmier end jnojeots ebovetho top ofthe n'1oi-n-lrzn'ne. fit this time the lip, g, stende .lireetly infront oi the slide, N, so that il when the mold-dish is moved forward to the casting position there happens to he a mold opposite the slide, N, it will push the latter formo-d and sense it in turn to push the lower end oi the han', G, 'forvverch thereby tripping the clutch find improperly stopping the ineehine.

When. the first elevator, F, descends vwith the inntrixdine it sets upon the upper end o'i the rod, G, end ferries the sinne downward, and when the line arrives ot the proper wisting level, sind not before, the lip, g, ivili he eorried below the slide, N, so that although. the slide is moved forward by the eoveneing nioid. it will miss the lip, g', mid foil to inovo the ber, G, and consequent/l f the notion ol' the machine will continue nisiy hoppen, howeveig'thirt while one oi1 the molds in the vertical or eje yinge' position and the irst elevator, F, end ber, i, rinsed, aneth i' mold may he presented op'positethe slidr, bf, so that the Yl'or fard movement of the inoid and disk-ewhioh oer-.Jrs just l 'fiore 'the ejection-M Will eeuse the machine yto be iznlnoperlu stopped.

So fur es deseribeo the jgierts ere of snb- Stontielly the seine eonstrnetion sind. rangement in the o1' 'nel ineehine: end in theebsence of my new gn ts the ndditionnl molds need would enlise inniroper stomme s es explained. 'io overcome this diiienlty i provide e lever, o, oivotod to the mein freine, with one end arranged to ertopen and depress the ber, G, andthe oppo arranged to be noted. upon by a projection on th(` irst eier/eter. The arrangement of the parte is snob. that wiimievor the first elevator raised to its opprrinost no. Will omiso the iever, o, to depress thl l e moved by the to disengxgo the flote-h,

Yit will be observed thrift in the erroneoment shown the elevator iV, serves to rlepreef-i the Militair-tripping b1 if?, and 'prevent its f tion, not only ivi the elevator :ind rnetriees ere *fully down 'to yti e (nesting position, but else when the elevator :rod motrices preach their uppermost position. 'i"

that the automatic stoppage et the machine is eeetecl, and effected only when there is a failure to lower the matrix-line to the proper essting level, regardless of the number of molds in the disk.

believe it to be wholly new to combine With the driving-eluteh oi a iinotype insehine ineens actuated by the molds or mold dish to throw the driving-eluteh out of action only when the 1n atriX-line is slightly above the easting position, regardless of the num ber oi molds used. in the disk. in other words, i. believe it to be whollynew to provirle o elntel1-trippin,g,T (leviee aetuatedby the molds end eoinbined with ineens to-prevent its operation in the event of e mold acting thereon, when the iirst elevator is raised-as it is when any mold is in the ejeeting posif tion.

ihrving described my invention, what i elziixn :ind desire to secure by lLetters Patent i. in e linotype machine, and in combinate' tion, e mein drivii g-ehiteh, n olutelitrippirig deviee, s. ver-ricoh; movable 'first elevator, end nie-ans through Whieh the elevator eet-s when fully down, and also when fully elevated, to "prevent the oi'ieretion of' the tripping; device.

TZ. in e, iinotyvoe machine, the mold carrying disk movable ie.oe-\vise, the slide N, and the eluteh controlling` her G, in eoinbination with the lifting' spring itl, the first elevator noting direetly to depress ber G, and the lever o, rioting to depress the bar when the elevator raised.

ln :r linotype nmehine, e mein driving olnteh normally engaged, inold movable from the casting to the ejeeting position, and en elevator lor carrying the metrixdine to the mold, in eonxbinntion with elnteh 'tripping devices eontrolled by the elevator rnd operativo only when the nintriwline is away from. the wasting position.

fi. 'in e linotype machine, e. mold disk proviried with plural molds and having both rotory end 'feee-wisimovements, in combineY tion with :i driving clutch, en elevator to pre se t the inetrixdine to the operative mold, a elntc-li-tri'pnins device actuated by the ad venue ol the mold dieli, and moons to prevenl seid :.ution ol the tripping device When the elrvetm near its uppermost position.

in testimony whereof 'i-herennto set my hrend this sixt h doy of i" l)11.ie,iy, 90?, in the presence of tivo ettesting witnesses,

WALTER S. (19E.

"lGSSGSI J un E. Roenes, D. S. KENNEDY.

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